His last match, too, had special significance, because Nortonthorpe was the ground where he played his first match for Penistone CC in 1971, taking three for 37 from 13 ovres in a Central League Section A match.

Next summer, Moxon, as chairman of Denby CC, will be found watching his club at the Denby Lane ground.

He retired as Denby’s secretary (after 38 years) and league representative (24 years) in 2015.

Not surprisingly, he won the Central League’s Fred Stallard Trophy for outstanding service to cricket.

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Moxon has seen Town play on 90 current and former Football League grounds, and has a programme for each ground visited.

He began following them in 1964, his first match being at Leeds United for the 1-1 draw on February 22 - Kevin Lewis scored for Town in front of 36,439.

At the 2016 annual meeting of the Huddersfield District Football Association, Moxon started his 23rd year as a council member, also taking the positions of deputy chairman and FA representative to the Huddersfield Referees Association.

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Moxon, who finished runner-up in a national competition for his work at The Sovereign petrol station near Shepley, is a life member and vice-president of the District FA after a lifetime of loyal service to that sport as well.

One of the lucky fans who saw England win the World Cup at Wembley in 1966, the keen trainspotter was secretary of Denby FC in the Huddersfield Sunday League from 1972 to 1988, going on to be a vice-president and life member.

He played 513 matches in the Huddersfield Sunday and Sheffield Hatchard leagues, playing with Denby on Saturdays and Sundays, Penistone Church and Cumberworth FC. He was booked only once.

Moxon also refereed in the Huddersfield Distict Works and Junior leagues from 1987 to 2008, taking charge of 546 matches, including two cup finals.